In the opening sequence, the Exalted Ruler (John Elliott) is solemnly exhorting all the members (at a secret "special meeting" of the fraternal order) o "meet the situation with determination." BackgroundThe Cabin in the Cotton(1932) is director Michael Curtiz"" pre-Code social melodrama about social injustice, adapted with a screenplay by Paul Green of Henry Harrison Kroll""s 1931 novelCabin in he Cotton -a diatribe against the exploitation of sharecroppers by wealthy southern landowners.Plot SynopsisA martial fanfare plays over the credits, superimposed on a book with the title of the film.Ray felt dismayed and concerned about their future prospects as reputable academicians, and warned them about the real-world: "This is a major disgrace.]Always off-kilter, he hallucinates about his vision of an allegorical rain that will cleanse the dirty, mean streets:May 10th.